Angels in Judaism

thumb|Illustration of the Devil on Codex Gigas, early thirteenth century Satan, also known as the Devil, is an entity in Abrahamic religions who entices humans into sin or falsehood. In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the , or 'evil inclination'. In Christianity and Islam, he is usually seen as a fallen angel or jinn who has rebelled against God, who nevertheless allows him temporary power over the fallen world and a host of demons.

thumb|A tetramorph cherub, in [[Eastern Orthodox iconography]] A cherub (; : cherubim; kərūḇ, pl. kərūḇīm) is one type of supernatural being in the Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.

Azrael (; , 'God has helped'; ) is the canonical angel of death in Islam and appears centuries earlier in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.

thumb|upright=1|Bas relief of a seraph Isaiah 6|carrying a hot coal on the walls of the [[Jerusalem International YMCA.]]

angel said assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or country

thumb|Elohim in Hebrew script. The letters are, right-to-left: aleph-lamed-he-yud-[[mem.]]

The Nephilim (; ) are mysterious beings or humans mentioned in the Bible, traditionally understood as being of great size and strength, or alternatively as beings of great power and authority. The origins of the Nephilim remain unclear. Some writers, including the author of the Book of Enoch, view them as the offspring of rebellious angels and humans. Others view them as descendants of Seth and Cain.

thumb|Archangel Raziel (Circle of Francisco de Zurbarán), circa 1650. Raziel ( Rāzīʾēl, "God is my Mystery"), also known as Gallitsur (Hebrew: גַּלִּיצוּר Gallīṣūr), is an angel within the teachings of Jewish mysticism (of the Kabbalah of Judaism) who is the "Angel of Secrets" and the "Angel of Mysteries”. He is also called "Keeper of All Magic." He is one of the angels associated with the sephirah Chokmah of Kabbalah, alongside Jophiel.

The angel Jophiel (Heb. Yōp̄īʾēl, "Beauty of God"), also called Iophiel, Iofiel, Jofiel, Yofiel, Youfiel, Zophiel ( Ṣōp̄īʾēl, "God is my watchman") and Zuriel ( Ṣūrīʾēl, "God is my rock"), is an archangel in Christian and Jewish angelology. Jophiel is the archangel of beauty, art, and wisdom.

4th-century Jewish text

class of angelic beings mentioned in the Book of Daniel and in the Book of Enoch

thumb|The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair, sculpture by Daniel Chester French, c. 1923 Samyaza ( Šamməḥăzay; Šəmīʿāzāʾ; ; , '), also Shamhazai, Aza or Ouza''', is a fallen angel of apocryphal Abrahamic traditions and Manichaeism as the leader of the Watchers.

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a phrase used in the Hebrew Bible and apocrypha

entity repeatedly mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and in the New testament

Camael, also spelled Kamael, Chamuel, Khamuel, Camiel, Cameel and Camniel, is an archangel in Christian angelology. Chamuel is the archangel of love, peace and harmony.

thumb|upright=1.3|A traditional depiction of the Merkabah|chariot vision, based on the description in Ezekiel, with an opan on the left side The ophanim ( , ; singular: ), alternatively spelled auphanim or ofanim, and also called galgalim ( , ; singular: ), refer to the wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot (Hebrew ) in . One of the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q405) construes them as angels; late sections of the Book of Enoch (61:10, 71:7) portray them as a class of celestial beings who (along with the Cherubim and Seraphim) never sleep, but guard the throne of God. In some systems of Christia

Army of angels mentioned in the Bible

supernatural beings that appear in Jewish texts

archangel

Jewish demonic creature

Mastema ( Masṭēmā; Mesetēma), Mastemat, or Mansemat, is an antagonistic angel in the Book of Jubilees. He first appears in the literature of the Second Temple Period as a personification of the Hebrew word mastemah (מַשְׂטֵמָה), meaning "hatred", "hostility", "enmity", or "persecution".

Godess in Jewish mythology

angel in Judaism

Second Temple Judaism

Class of heavenly beings described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision